"Begin at the beginning, go on to the end, and then stop."

Taking Stock of 2011

Retconning, so as to have a copy of these online as well. This was the year of moving away from Tbilisi. 2666 and Hadji Murad are the books that remain most in memory from the year’s reading.

Thirty-four in total; one in German; none in electronic form, as I did not yet have an e-book reader.

The God Engines by John ScalziHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingZero History by William GibsonThe King of Vodka by Linda HimelsteinThe Day Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoThe Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall Smith2666 by Roberto Bolano
The City & The City by China MievilleThe Making of the Georgian Nation by Ronald G. SunyYalta: The Price of Peace by S.M. PlokhyThe Caucasus: An Introduction by Thomas de WaalHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHadji Murad by Leo TolstoyLet Our Fame be Great by Oliver BulloughWhat Hath God Wrought by Daniel Walker HoweTwilight Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoTea Time for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall SmithA Hero of Our Time by Mikhail LermontovThe Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill BrysonCrimea by Orlando FigesThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisNo Way Down by Graham BowleyGermania by Simon WinderThe Dervish House by Ian McDonaldSister Pelagia and the White Bulldog by Boris AkuninThe Clinton Tapes by Taylor Branch12 Geheimnisse im Kaukasus by Essad BeyWhat the Dog Saw by Malcolm GladwellTrotsky by Robert ServiceMeskhetians: Homeward Bound by Tom Trier et al.Your Hate Mail Will be Graded by John ScalziThe Revolution Business by Charles StrossThe Trade of Queens by Charles StrossThe Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman

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Doug Merrill

Writer, editor, translator, project manager, reformed bookseller. Currently based in Berlin, following stints in Moscow, Tbilisi, Munich, Washington, Warsaw, Budapest and Atlanta. Also blogs at A Fistful of Euros, though less frequently than here these days.

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